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]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2015/02/22/how-to-find-wxut/feed/0The Best of Sochi 2014http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/24/the-best-of-sochi-2014/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/24/the-best-of-sochi-2014/#respondMon, 24 Feb 2014 05:41:47 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20744The Sochi Olympics has been an exciting one for sure. Between the political controversies and the intense competition during each sport, the athletes, nation leaders and the fans are never […]]]>The Sochi Olympics has been an exciting one for sure. Between the political controversies and the intense competition during each sport, the athletes, nation leaders and the fans are never going to forget these games.

The metal standings are as follows:

Russia: 33 total. 13 gold, 11 silver, and 9 bronze.

USA: 28 total. 9 gold, 7 silver, and 12 bronze.

Norway: 26 total. 11 gold, 5 silver, and 10 bronze.

The opening and closing ceremonies were both absolutely beautiful. $50 billion was put into this year’s games, being the most expensive Olympic Games yet. Although there was a malfunction with the Olympic rings in the opening ceremony, Russia showed their sense of humor when it was time to do the Olympic rings again in the closing ceremony. This time, they used people instead of the electronic snowflakes and redid the malfunction, but had the dancers run out to actually complete the rings this time. The crowd went crazy, absolutely loving it, and now that part has become the highlight of the closing ceremony.

Best of Olympic Hockey: Canada swept the podium, beating the USA against both the men and women. Team USA mens hockey did not take home any medals seeing as Finland took home bronze and the USA did not score any points during that game. For womens hockey, the weight of the world was on team USA to beat Canada since hockey is Canada’s sport and people wanted to see them beat, but although the women played their hearts out, Canada beat them in overtime.

Mens Free-ski Slopestyle: Slopestyle was new to the winter Olympics this year and the USA men pulled through sweeping the podium, making history.

Best of Figure Skating: It was historic for the USA as no dance team – or pairs team for that matter – had ever won Olympic gold. Up to this point, Davis and White are the only Americans to have won multiple medals.

Best of Bobsled: Night Train pilot Steven Holcomb drove 2 and 4 men bobsleds to bronze medals, making it a four medal Sochi performance from the USA bobsledders.

Best of Snowboarding: Sage Kotsenburg is the American who brought home the gold in mens snowboard slopestyle for the USA, possibly making a historic shift for this new event for snowboarding. Mark McMorris has become the new threat to snowboard slopestyle also, being on team Canada. He’s completed legendary tricks and took home the bronze for Canada all while Sochi being his first Olympics. As for Shaun White, he left Sochi without a medal, shocking the world, seeing as he is pinned as the biggest competition for all of the men in professional snowboarding, and he is known as the best snowboarder in the world. He was so focused on his halfpipe run, but was too shaky to receive the scores he wanted. Maybe he’ll continue to make history in South Korea in 2018. For the womens snowboard slopestyle, legend Jamie Anderson proudly took home the gold for team USA, and legend Kelly Clark took home bronze in the halfpipe.

For even more, check out nbcolympics.com

Let the countdown to 2018 begin and we’ll see our summer Olympians in Rio in 2016 =)

It was a historic first for the U.S. as no dance team – or pairs team, for that matter – had ever won Olympic gold. Virtue/Moir took their grievances to the press the following day, saying their shared coach Zoueva had favored the Americans in the lead-up to the Sochi Games. Davis and White are the only Americans to have won multiple medals at the Games up to this point. – See more at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/14-most-memorable-figure-skating-moments-sochi-olympics#sthash.8l53JwDQ.dpuf

It was a historic first for the U.S. as no dance team – or pairs team, for that matter – had ever won Olympic gold. Virtue/Moir took their grievances to the press the following day, saying their shared coach Zoueva had favored the Americans in the lead-up to the Sochi Games. Davis and White are the only Americans to have won multiple medals at the Games up to this point. – See more at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/14-most-memorable-figure-skating-moments-sochi-olympics#sthash.8l53JwDQ.dpuf

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/24/the-best-of-sochi-2014/feed/0Team USA Updatehttp://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/14/team-usa-update/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/14/team-usa-update/#respondFri, 14 Feb 2014 16:01:59 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20736 Team USA’s free-skiers Josh Christensen, Gus Kenworthy, and Nick Goepper, took home gold, silver and bronze in the first time ever ski slopestyle, making history. Josh with gold, Gus […]]]> Team USA’s free-skiers Josh Christensen, Gus Kenworthy, and Nick Goepper, took home gold, silver and bronze in the first time ever ski slopestyle, making history. Josh with gold, Gus with silver and Nick with bronze. This sweep hasn’t happened since 1956 with the mens figure skating, and also in 2002 with the halfpipe snowboarding. Slopestlye is new to the Olympics and has been a favorite so far. With all the high jumps and close rails, it makes for an exciting and intense competition. Since the Olympics are in Sochi, the designers for the course have even thrown in a Russian doll to add to the obstacles for the riders. Here are their scores:

Joss Christensen (USA) – 95.80

Gus Kenworthy (USA) – 93.60

Nick Goepper (USA) – 92.40

To read more about these riders, here’s the link: http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/team-usa-sweeps-podium-first-ever-mens-freeski-slopestyle-competition?ctx=golden-moments

As for Shaun White, he didn’t have the Olympics he expected. He dropped out of the X Games so he can focus on Sochi, and once he got there, he also dropped out of slopestyle to focus on the halfpipe. He’s been practicing nonstop, trying to learn as many new tricks as possible which caused him to get hurt in the process. Being Shaun though, he doesn’t give up easily. Soon enough he finally landed the biggest tricks in snowboarding, and felt ready for the halfpipe. Come competition day though, he ended up placing in 4th. He went a little too big in his run and was shaky and a little unstable during it. He had the world on his shoulders because everyone wanted to see him get the gold metal 3 pete, but apparently it wasn’t in store for him this year.

To follow more of the Olympics, follow NBC Olympics on Twitter, or like them on Facebook!

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/14/team-usa-update/feed/0Justin Bieber to be deported?http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/08/justin-bieber-to-be-deported/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/08/justin-bieber-to-be-deported/#respondSun, 09 Feb 2014 03:30:31 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20730The fact that this has made it to Obama’s desk is appalling. Would you sign the petition? http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/bieber-deport-petition-ew/]]>The fact that this has made it to Obama’s desk is appalling. Would you sign the petition?

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/08/justin-bieber-to-be-deported/feed/0Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony 2014http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/08/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremony-2014/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/08/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremony-2014/#respondSun, 09 Feb 2014 03:17:23 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20728Russia blew the world away with it’s opening ceremony. So many lights and colors, I didn’t know how animated Russia’s culture is. I thought it was the best opening ceremony […]]]>Russia blew the world away with it’s opening ceremony. So many lights and colors, I didn’t know how animated Russia’s culture is. I thought it was the best opening ceremony the Olympics has had in a long time. It told a story beautifully and the projector that was creating scenes for the floor of each segment of it was something I definitely haven’t seen before and was amazed. Here it is if you want to watch it. I recommend that you do: http://stream.nbcolympics.com/opening-ceremony/winter/15447/

Many were shocked that the Olympics are in Sochi this year, seeing as it has caused some drama having to increase the security at the games by a lot. But I support it being at Russia. So far, they have made the athletes and the people of Russia happy and excited, so I guess that’s what truly matters. I just can’t wait to watch Shaun White =) go USA, and here’s something to brighten your day if you haven’t seen it already: Russian Police sing Get Lucky http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/russian-police-choir-performs-get-lucky-opening-ceremony?ctx=top-moments

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/08/sochi-olympics-opening-ceremony-2014/feed/0Featured DJ-BEZhttp://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/06/featured-dj-bez/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/06/featured-dj-bez/#respondFri, 07 Feb 2014 01:17:56 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20712The B.E-Z Show Overview: The B.E-Z Show is a College radio show founded by none other than Boyce “B.Swift” Swift. The B.E-Z Show is a hip-hop and RnB station that […]]]>The B.E-Z Show

Overview: The B.E-Z Show is a College radio show founded by none other than Boyce “B.Swift” Swift. The B.E-Z Show is a hip-hop and RnB station that also includes talk radio elements. The B.E-Z Show often features numerous guests on the show from hip-hop artists, singers, student organizations, etc. The B.E-Z Show consists of B.Swift, Kenny B Inspires, LA, and Educated JA. Tune into The B.E-Z Show every Wednesday 10pm-12am. Also be on the look out for The B.E-Z Show’s spinoff show coming soon in the Spring 2014! Show 2 will include Sunshine, Strodes, Lu Straps, DJ YUNG RED, and Defonix.

B.Swift is better known as Boyce is the founder of The B.E-Z Show. Boyce has graduated from The University of Toledo majoring in Economics. Boyce also is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Go blue!!! Be on the look out for video production from B.Swift, for he is also a member of “No Crutch Productions”.

Fun Fact: Born and raised in “the mud” Toledo, Ohio.

Each week you can catch B.Swift giving updates on the Greek life at UT in his segment Greek Corner. So tune in each week WEDS. 10PM-12AM for updates on news, scholarships, and Greek life with B.Swift on WXUT 88.3FM.

Kenny B Inspires

Kenny B Inspires is the epitome of a jack-of-all-trades. If you have been to any of the campus events at The University of Toledo you can almost bet that Kenny B is apart of it. Kenny B Inspires born Kenneth Brown is a communication major at The University of Toledo. Kenny is a student leader on the UT campus and UT SAAB President.

Tune in every week WEDS. 10PM-12AM for Kenny B Inspires “Please Excuse Mt Hustle” segment and to listen to Kenny playing Devil’s Advocate on The B.E-Z Show.

LA

Breon Mitchell better know, as radio personality LA of The B.E-Z Show is a 21-year old native from Columbus, Ohio. Breon studies at The University of Toledo majoring in Communication with a minor in Women’s Gender Studies. She also is a member of Alpha Chi Omega where their philanthropy is the fight against domestic violence. In the future Breon plans on pursuing a career in women’s health and also intends to attend grad school.

Fun fact: Breon used to be a manager at a coffee shop in her hometown at just 18-years old.

Every week LA brings thought provoking topics for The B.E-Z Show listeners. Tune into The B.E-Z Show each week for LA’s segment (A Women’s Point of View) and call in at 419.530.4455 to share your opinions!

Educated Ja

Jasmine Hamilton is a 23-year-old Cleveland native. She attends the University of Toledo and is a Communication major. Jasmine is a natural hair girl, who loves to help people and empower women. Future plans for Jasmine include attending grad school and traveling the world.

Fun Fact: Jasmine has won the Aunt of the year award 3 years in a row.

Jasmine Hamilton is the sassy personality on The B.E-Z Show known as Educated Ja. Each week Jasmine gives advice to The B.E-Z Show listeners in her “ASK JAS” segment. Tune in each week to listen to Educated Ja do what she does best.

Call in for advice from Jas at 419.530.4455 or send her emails at askjas88.3gmail.com that will be read live ON-AIR.

Lu Straps

Morgan Mcdougle is a junior at the University of Toledo and one of the newest additions to The B.E-Z Show. Majoring in broadcasting, Lu Straps has gained heaps of experience in the field. Morgan has interned with the local station television station BCSN and Urban Radio. Morgan’s aspiration in life is to anchor the news.

Fun Fact: Morgan loves hip-hop, and with that she would love to work for an urban magazine such as “Vibe”.

Morgan’s love for radio and television she wants to work in both fields.

Quote: “Anything is possible with God by your side” –Lu Straps

In the future, Lu Straps plans on earning her B.A. in Communication with the focus being broadcasting. 5 years from now Morgan sees herself living in California pursing her dreams.

DJ Yung Red

DJ Yung Yung Red is a 23-year-old native from Toledo, Ohio and also a University of Toledo graduate. DJ Yung Red officially began DJing back in 2006. Red grinded her way to up ranks and began by networking with local DJs via MySpace. At age 16, Red started working with DJ Big Lou the Mayor and DJ Kausion. Red then learned the ropes with these DJs by going to parties’ helping them set up & break down for shows. Her first solo gig was at Mug Shots a local bar in Toledo, Ohio.

Fun Fact: DJ Yung Red fights kids as a living.

Quote: “A female DJ can do ANYTHING a male DJ can do with the right guidance” –DJ Yung Red

DJ Yung Red salutes DJ Lou the Mayor, DJ Kausion, and DJ Doww Jonez she says without them taking her under their wings she wouldn’t be doing what she loves.

Currently, DJ Yung Red is a member of Core DJs and is also affiliated with Nerve DJs.

Strodes who is more commonly known as Dominic Strodes is one of the newest members of The B.E-Z Show. Strodes is 21 years of age and is a native out of Springfield, Ohio. Currently Strodes is a junior at The University of Toledo majoring in social work. Strodes is a very chill and laid-back guy and he also is very involved at The University of Toledo. Strodes is a committee member for SAAB and he has handles public relations for SAAB.

Fun Fact: If Strodes could meet anybody it would be Anita Baker!

Defonix

Defonix is 21-year-old native coming straight from the mud, Toledo, Ohio. Defonix who is also known as Cody Connally is also another new addition to The B.E-Z Show. Cody is currently a student at the University of Toledo and Cody is majoring in Communication with a minor in Music Business. After graduation Defonix plans on working in a recording studio as a producer.

Fun Fact: Defonix has been making hip-hop music and performing live since the age of 12. Defonix also is apart of the musical hip-hop group called “PeaceKeepers”.

Sunshine

Sunshine who is mainly known as her birth name Megan Simmons is a student at The University of Toledo. Megan is a Communication with a focus on radio broadcasting. Megan currently is involved in a majority of all of the behind the scene duties that involves The B.E-Z Show, from website design; show production, and the show promotions and marketing.

Megan also is a die-hard hip-hop fan. Check Sunshine out each week expressing her opinions on events related to pop culture and the hip-hop community. B.E-Z !!!

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/06/featured-dj-bez/feed/0Super Bowl Halftime Showhttp://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/04/super-bowl-halftime-show/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/04/super-bowl-halftime-show/#respondTue, 04 Feb 2014 18:55:22 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20709I want to hear your thoughts on the Super Bowl halftime show! I’m hearing many mixed reviews about it around campus. Personally, I thought Bruno was amazing, better than Beyonce […]]]>I want to hear your thoughts on the Super Bowl halftime show! I’m hearing many mixed reviews about it around campus. Personally, I thought Bruno was amazing, better than Beyonce last year! I could’ve done without The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, but it was energetic all throughout. I watched it a couple times! On the other hand, it wasn’t much of a Super Bowl. I’m not even sure if the Broncos were aware they were at the Super Bowl.

Leave your comments or tweet me @mee_mee94

Marisa Mindyas.

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/02/04/super-bowl-halftime-show/feed/0GRAMMY SEASON YA’LL!http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/01/27/grammy-season-yall/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/01/27/grammy-season-yall/#respondTue, 28 Jan 2014 03:44:55 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20700So, as most of you may know, last night (Sunday January 26th) was the Grammys! There were lots of unexpected winnings (maybe expected to you, but certainly not to me) […]]]>So, as most of you may know, last night (Sunday January 26th) was the Grammys! There were lots of unexpected winnings (maybe expected to you, but certainly not to me) and lots of disappointments. Most disappointments were the outfits, but this is a music blog and I will NOT get into that hot mess. Here is the low down of what I feel about what occurred that night.

First, can we just talk about Lorde for a minute! She was up against some of the greats and swept! She took song of the year and best pop solo performance. She beat out Daft Punk, Sara Bareilles, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Kendrick Lamar, and Taylor Swift just to name a few! I was so happy for her. She is only 17, winning Grammys and taking names!

Next, Beyonce, what was that? She definitely wasn’t trying to impress anyone with her vocals last night. Sure, I like a good Beyonce song just as good as the next, but if they can’t perform the song live it makes me lose a lot of respect for them. She dropped her self titled album without any kind of marketing or clues early this year. YOU NEED TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE GREATNESS OF BEYONCE ALBUMS (usually), but this one was different. It was good, but nothing great. I know there is someone out there reading this and saying, “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! EVERYTHING ABOUT BEYONCE IS GREAT,” and what I’m going to say in response to that is where were you in the 90’s and 2000’s?

I also can’t go through this whole blog without duly noting Macklemore’s wonderful performance of Same Love! Not only did he win four grammys and crush his performance, but he allowed Queen Latifa to marry 33 couples during the performance! This guy just keeps getting better and better. I’m not a huge rap fan, but Macklemore raps about all of the right things, all of the issues that matter. Not getting money and honeys (for lack of a better word…) .

Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar, I DON’T KNOW WHAT JUST HAPPENED, but I kinda liked it?! It was a very interesting mash up that was definitely an awesome part of the night!

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2014/01/27/grammy-season-yall/feed/0The Hunger Games: Catching Firehttp://www.wxut.com/index.php/2013/12/05/the-hunger-games-catching-fire/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2013/12/05/the-hunger-games-catching-fire/#respondFri, 06 Dec 2013 02:44:02 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20685I want to hear what you think about Catching Fire! I LOVED it! It followed the book so well. Even people who haven’t read the books or saw the first […]]]>I want to hear what you think about Catching Fire! I LOVED it! It followed the book so well. Even people who haven’t read the books or saw the first movie even loved it. It is now officially movie of the year, breaking box office charts. I definitely plan on seeing it again. I want to hear more opinions about it though, since it’s so interesting to hear peoples’ perspectives, so leave comments below or tweet me at – @mee_mee94

Marisa Mindyas

]]>http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2013/12/05/the-hunger-games-catching-fire/feed/0New Music Album Reviews 2013http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2013/11/05/new-music-album-reviews-2013/
http://www.wxut.com/index.php/2013/11/05/new-music-album-reviews-2013/#respondTue, 05 Nov 2013 20:31:15 +0000http://www.wxut.com/?p=20678Marisa Mindyas 2013 seemed to be the year of concerts and new albums. As for myself, this past summer I went to 6 concerts, and still have 3 left […]]]>Marisa Mindyas

2013 seemed to be the year of concerts and new albums. As for myself, this past summer I went to 6 concerts, and still have 3 left this year. If you haven’t been on iTunes lately, or any other music sites recently, you should because tons of big name artists are dropping new albums.

Katy Perry: PRISM

Katy Perry’s new album PRISM, dropped October 22nd and has been doing very well. Katy Perry is one of the most famous artists out there, and she never seems to disappoint. This new album definitely shows that her music is evolving and becoming more personal, and you can definitely tell who or what each of these new songs are about. Some of the top songs on the album include: Dark Horse, Roar, Unconditionally, Walking On Air, and By The Grace of God. Personally, I think it’s her best album yet and encourage everyone to listen to it even if you haven’t liked her past music.

Jake Miller: Us Against Them

This next artist is relatively new, but becoming more and more famous by the day. Jake Miller is a new pop singer who raps, but also has a good singing voice. His new album came out today, November 5th and so far has been really successful. He quickly moved up the iTunes charts and is selling out shows to his tour fast. This album is fun and tells his story of his life now, his future and past relationships. If you like fun, energetic music, and is open to listening to new young rappers, then I definitely suggest Jake.

The Wanted: Word of Mouth

This UK group has been around for a couple years but hasn’t gotten much spotlight because of the current biggest boy band in the world: One Direction. The Wanted is slowly rising the charts though, and becoming more popular every week. This new album really shows what they can do, and how good of singers these guys really are. These 5 guys have beautiful voices; everyone can agree on that once you listen to this album or even their EP. Word of Mouth is a very catchy album with all kinds of beats. Some songs are really fun that can easily be played in clubs, and other songs are meant to hit home. I myself am a fan. Whether you are a fan of boy bands or not, this album is definitely worth a listen. It’s not your typical boy band music.